Shallow people update!
I'm so tired of having shallow relationships with friends. One friend all she talks about is home decor, another friend can't talk about anything but her cats. I rent a home, am allergic to long hair cats, and work full time and both these women don't. I guess it's circumstance we became friends 10 years ago (not altogether, just through me.) But now it's like we have nothing in common and I dread hearing from them. No one at my work is friend material either.
Not only that, I don't want to tell them personal things. I really don't trust that they keep it to themselves. I'm not sure if it's paranoia that's getting to me, but I feel like I get talked about, and to avoid that, I just don't talk to anyone but my therapist. And my therapist isn't my friend.
What can I do? I don't want to ghost, or break up, but growing apart for these girls isn't easy to do, and I feel drained. I don't have social media and I don't care to get it (thus the anonymous post), but I want new friends. Should I just tell my friends how I feel and see what they say? Or should I just start over?
Updated to add:
Thank you, everyone for your advice. I'm glad everyone has something different to say, it really helped me analyze. No, it's not easy for me to open up to people, and yes, I did come across as uppity, but that wasn't my intention. I had to really dig deep to realize that maybe I'm the issue for these friendships failing, by not trying my best to connect with them and by being scared of rejection. First of all, I'm going to try to be a better friend, and be more vulnerable and relatable with the friends I have, and if it still seems like we're drifting, then I'll try to make new friends that maybe I can relate to more. Thank you again, ladies!
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